International Conflict Feminism: Theory, Practice, Challenges. By Vasuki Nesiah. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025. 292p.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: methodological centring of unaffiliated local women's testimonies, paired with the rigorous intersectional reading of IS's bureaucratic and ideological machinery.Subsequent engagement with feminist security studies and rebel governance literature provides an urgently needed model for analysing extremist proto-states through a gendered lens.The work's sophisticated deconstruction of the monolithic "woman in IS" category, reveals a complex, stratified system of governance where intersectional hierarchies determine women's access to rights, resources, and protection.This is particularly evident in the author's nuanced analysis of Sunni Muslim women's experiences.Vale's work represents a crucial contribution to understanding how intersectional hierarchies function within extremist governance systems, demonstrating that intersectionality is not merely useful but can be essential for analysing gendered dimensions of rebel control.
Source: Perspectives on Politics
Author: Laura J. Shepherd
Institution: The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4413225898